(mary chapin carpenter)

Every heart has got a story
About love holding out a lure
Baby, when you've been that lonely
You just want a cure

Fool you once

sudden_gift_of_fate

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Some people need to know what to expect
Need to keep control, need to keep one step
Ahead of every chance, as if chance decides
Who it's gon

i_take_my_chances

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/Don Schlitz)

I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks
I stood on the rails till I saw that train
Just to see how my heart

the_last_word

You can have it, I don't want it,
and when you've got it I'll be gone
It won't matter what you're saying when the damage has all been done
Can't seem to keep the faith


late_for_your_life

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

You've been saying for the longest time that the time has come
You've been talking like you're of a mind to get some changing done
Maybe move out

shut_up_and_kiss_me

Don't mean to get a little forward with you, don't mean to get ahead of where we are
Don't mean to act a little nervous around you, I'm just a little nervous about my heart 'cause
It'

halley_came_to_jackson

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Late one night when the wind was still
Daddy brought the baby to the window sill
To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
The one and onl

you_win_again

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

I'm standing here freezing at a phone booth baby
In the middle of God knows where
I got one quarter left your machine packs up
But baby I kn

down_at_the_twist_and_shout

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in t

naked_to_the_eye

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Been walking these streets, been deciding what's true
Been hands in my pockets, coat collar up, thinking `bout you
I've been talking to myself, gi

just_because

Have you ever loved someone you knew nothing of
Except you'd seen the light inside their eyes
Have you ever loved someone just because
Nothing felt so easy or so right

what_was_it_like

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/Gary Burr)

What was it like
How did it feel
It's so hard to tell if it was real
I know I was there but with every day
It slips away

thinks_he’ll_keep_her


how_do

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Well that's a real nice jacket son
It looks like it cost you too
And that car you're driving
Hey does that belong to you
Well you don'

this_is_me_leaving_you

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/John Jennings)

This is your voice of reason
This is your voice of calm
This is your heart that's speaking
Saying the time has come